EPA tours Jahra Pools Reserve
KUWAIT: The Environment Public Authority (EPA) paid a field visit to Jahra Pools Reserve yesterday in the presence of EPA Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Sheikh Abdullah expressed joy to launch the reserve’s unique bird sanctuaries, noting that a team of specialists had worked on studying various ecological systems over the past two years. “Jahra Pools Reserve is a wetland and includes pools surrounded by reed beds and sabkhas supporting the life for plants, marine life, birds and fish,” he explained. Sheikh Abdullah noted that EPA is currently considering opening the reserve for public visits and building a special scientific center for studies and research on the wildlife in it. He added that blue tilapia fish was discovered in the reserve, although it is known to live in freshwater.
Adolescent medicine
Head of the pediatrics department at Adan Hospital Dr Fawwaz Al-Refae said a special clinic for adolescent medicine or hebiatrics would be opened by the end of the year at Adan Hospital. Speaking on the sidelines of holding the Pediatrics Department’s 3rd Scientific Day under the auspices of Adan Hospital Director Dr Abdul Rahman Al-Enezi, Refae said adolescent medicine is a new science and that Adan Hospital would be the first to open such a clinic after recruiting specialists to deal with this age category (10-19). Refae added that more clinics would be established in the future in other hospitals. He also noted that the pediatric clinic examines 800 children daily. Speaking on the scientific day, Refae said it included lectures and specialized workshops presented by cardiologists and gland and diabetics experts, in addition to a lecture delivered by the head of the liver, digestive system and nutrition department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi Dr Mohammed Al-Maqdadi.
Farmers
Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Farmers Union Abdullah Mohammed Al-Dammak stressed that since its last meeting on Feb 5, 2017, the union’s board of directors had been planning to solve various problems faced by Kuwaiti farmers. Speaking to reporters following a meeting with the fertilizers marketing manager at Kuwait Petrochemical Industries Company Fahd AlKandari, Dammak said that an agreement was made to provide the union’s outlets in Abdali and Wafra with all fertilizers farmers constantly need at reasonable prices.
Remarks
Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Mohammed Nasser Al-Jabri stressed his keenness on taking the State Audit Bureau’s remarks into full consideration, and that he would form special committee to scrutinize the remarks made about the Awqaf secretariat general, Zakat House and the Quran and hadith printing and publishing authority.